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On March 27th 2013, Carmen takes the stage on Sydney Harbour; dangerous, sexy and incandescent… so get ready for the event with the Metropolitan Opera HD Live on DVD!

Carmen tells the story of the naive soldier Don Josè who abandons his childhood sweetheart and deserts the army when he falls under the alluring gypsy's spell. When he loses her love to the dashing toreador Escamillo, the scene is set for jealousy and vengeance. Bizet's seductive melodies and fiery Spanish rhythms conjure a world of desire, defiance and doom, in some of the world's best loved music, including the Habanera, Seguidilla, Flower Song and Toreador Song.

Starring alongside her is star tenor Roberto Alagna as Don José, Barbara Frittoli as his first love Micaëla and New Zealand baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes as the toreador Escamillo. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra is conducted by rising star Canadian maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

The Wiener Zeitung said it all when it observed of Garanca’s Carmen that “the role and the singer are perfectly matched”.

“I have never seen the final scene, in which the crazed Don José stabs the fatalistically defiant Carmen, executed with such stunning realism, a dangerous mingling of sex, rebellion and violence: the very essence of “Carmen.” (The New York Times)

Extra material: Backstage at the Met with host Renée Fleming: Interviews with Elina Garanca and Roberto Alagna as well as with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Barbara Frittoli, Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Christopher Wheeldon.

TRACK LIST - DVD 1: Bizet: Carmen

1. Opening Credits / Vorspann / Générique début 0:53
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

2. Introduction by Renée Fleming (I) 1:52
Renée Fleming

3. Prélude 3:09
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

ACT ONE

4. Introduction: "Sur la place chacun passe" 2:17
Trevor Scheunemann, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

5. "Regardez donc cette petite" 4:00
Barbara Frittoli, Trevor Scheunemann, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

6. Avec la garde montante (Choeur des Gamins) 3:36
Roberto Alagna, Trevor Scheunemann, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

7. Récitatif: "C´est bien lá, n´est-ce pas" 1:22
Roberto Alagna, Keith Miller, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

8. "La cloche a sonné" 3:52
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

9. Mais nous ne voyons pas la Carmencita? 1:12
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Elina Garanca, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

10. "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise) 4:38
Elina Garanca, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

11. "Carmen! sur tes pas nous nous pressons tous!" 1:24
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

12. Quels regards! Quel effronterie! 0:59

13. "Parle-moi de ma mère!"..."Ma mère, je la vois" 10:00
Barbara Frittoli, Roberto Alagna, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

14. Récitatif: "Reste-là maintenant" 1:41
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Barbara Frittoli, Roberto Alagna

15. "Au secours!" 2:51
Keith Miller, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

16. Mon officier, c'était une querelle...Tra la la 3:06
Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Keith Miller, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

17. "Où me conduirez-vous?" 1:09

18. "Près des remparts de Séville" 4:47
Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

19. Voici l'ordre; partez... 2:59
Elina Garanca, Keith Miller, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

20. Entr'acte 1:37
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

ACT TWO

21. Chanson: "Les tringles des sistres tintaient" 5:23
Elizabeth Caballero, Sandra Piques Eddy, Elina Garanca, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

22. Récitatif: "Messieurs, Pastia me dit..." 1:06
Elizabeth Caballero, Sandra Piques Eddy, Elina Garanca, Keith Miller, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

23. Vivat, vivat le torero! 0:48
Sandra Piques Eddy, Elizabeth Caballero, Keith Miller, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

24. "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" - "Toréador, en garde" 5:10
Sandra Piques Eddy, Elizabeth Caballero, Elina Garanca, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Trevor Scheunemann, Keith Miller, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

25. "La belle, un mot" 1:38
Elina Garanca, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Keith Miller, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

26. Eh bien, vite, quelles nouvelles? 0:19
Elizabeth Caballero, Sandra Piques Eddy, Elina Garanca, Earle Patriarco, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

27. Quintette: "Nous avons en tête une affaire!" 4:48
Elizabeth Caballero, Sandra Piques Eddy, Elina Garanca, Keith Jameson, Earle Patriarco, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

28. Chanson: "Halte-là! Qui va là?" 1:32

29. Je vais danser en votre honneur (Carmen, Don José) 5:34
Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

30. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée 4:25
Roberto Alagna, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

31. "Non, tu ne m'aimes pas!" 4:01
Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

32. Final: "Holà! Carmen! Holà!" 4:57
Elizabeth Caballero, Sandra Piques Eddy, Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Keith Jameson, Earle Patriarco, Keith Miller, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

33. Elina Garanca and Roberto Alagna backstage with Renée Fleming 3:51
Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Renée Fleming

DVD 2: Bizet: Carmen

1. Introduction by Renée Fleming (II) 0:49
Renée Fleming

ACT TWO

2. Entr'acte 2:50
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

ACT THREE

3. Introduction: "Ecoute, compagnon, écoute!" 4:20
Elizabeth Caballero, Sandra Piques Eddy, Elina Garanca, Keith Jameson, Roberto Alagna, Earle Patriarco, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

4. Récitatif: "Reposons-nous une heure ici" 2:31
Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Earle Patriarco, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

5. "Mêlons! Coupons!" 4:09
Elizabeth Caballero, Sandra Piques Eddy, Elina Garanca, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

6. En vain pour éviter les réponses amères 3:29
Sandra Piques Eddy, Elizabeth Caballero, Elina Garanca, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

7. "Eh bien?"..."Quant au douanier..." 3:15
Elizabeth Caballero, Sandra Piques Eddy, Elina Garanca, Keith Jameson, Earle Patriarco, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

8. Récitatif: "C'est des contrabandiers le refuge ordinaire" 1:07

9. "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante" 5:49
Barbara Frittoli, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

10. "Quelques lignes plus bas"..."Je suis Escamillo" 3:35
Roberto Alagna, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

11. Final: "Holà! José!" 2:40
Sandra Piques Eddy, Elizabeth Caballero, Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Earle Patriarco, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

12. "Prends garde à toi, Carmen!" 7:01
Sandra Piques Eddy, Elizabeth Caballero, Barbara Frittoli, Keith Jameson, Roberto Alagna, Elina Garanca, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Earle Patriarco, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

13. Entr'acte 2:11
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

ACT FOUR

14. A deux cuartos! 2:01
Keith Miller, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

15. "Les voici! Voici la quadrille!" 3:33
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

16. Si tu m'aimes, Carmen 3:12
Elizabeth Caballero, Sandra Piques Eddy, Elina Garanca, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

17. C'est toi! - C'est moi! 3:50
Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

18. "Tu ne m'aimes donc plus?" 6:34
Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donald Palumbo

19. Curtain Calls & Closing Credits 2:46

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